Gespenster: Ein Familiendrama in drei Aufzügen

Translated by M. von Borch

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"Gespenster: Ein Familiendrama in drei Aufzügen" by Henrik Ibsen is a play written in 1881. A widow prepares to open an asylum honoring her deceased husband's memory, while her son returns home after twenty years abroad. As Pastor Manders arrives to finalize arrangements, long-buried family secrets begin to surface. The household servant Regine becomes entangled in revelations about her true parentage, and the respected late Captain Alving's carefully constructed reputation starts to crumble, exposing the devastating consequences of hidden sins and social conventions.

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